Combined watee filter aid cooler



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kRB. GABY. COMBINED WATER FILI'IER AND GOOLER.

Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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COMBINED WATER FILTERAND GOOLER. No. 296,673. Patented Apr. 8, 1884,

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COMB'ENED WATER FILTER AND COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 296,673, dated April 8,1884.

(No model.)

filter and cooler, showing one form of coolingreservoir and ice-tank.Fig. 2 is a section of the top of the 1water-reservoir and icetank,showing a nou-conducting covering applied to the outer face of theinclosing-case; and Fig. 3 is a section through a modiried form ofcooler in which a pipe or coil is used for holding the filtered Water.

My invention relates to that class of coolers and filters in which theWater is fed to the cooling-receptacle from the bottom thereof,

and in which the ice is placed in a separate receptacle, so as not tocome in Contact with the filtered Water; and the invention consists inconnecting the ice tank or receptacle `With the filter, whereby thedrippings from the ice or Water cooled by direct contact with the ice iscaused to pass through the filter before reaching the outlet-cock.

It further consists in connecting the ice-tank, lter,cooling-receptacle, and outletcock, so as to form a continuous passagethrough the saine, whereby the Water is cooled before passing throughthe :lter and afterward in its passage to the outletcock.

It further consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts,whereby the water is cooled by direct contact with the ice before ipassing through the filter, and again cooled in I passing around theoutside of the ice-tank or through the coil after being filtered, all ashereinafter described. u

In describing the apparatus the inclosingcase, lter, andsediment-chambers, and the manner of connecting them together, beingmade the subject of a separate application, will only be describedherein so far as is necessary to an understanding of the presentinvention.

In Fig. l of the accompanying drawings I have shown one form ofice-receptacle or ice and Water receptacle, which consists of acylindrical case, A, iit-ting Within the inclosingcase B, and connectedthereto at its upper end by means of the bolts or rivets a., as shown.This ice-tank is of smaller diameter than the inclosingcase, and is ofsuch depth as to leave a space between the outer face thereof and theinner face of the inelosing-case, which forms the receptacle 'for the'ltered Water, as shown at f. This case and tank are provided with asuitable cover, C, as shown. The lter and sedim ent-chambers areconnected together and to the inclosing-case in a manner similar to thatdescribed in an application led by me J une 25, 1883. The lower end ofthe ice-tank has connected with it a pipe, k, extending therefrom andthrough the inclosing-case, and being connected at its lower end to thesediment-chamber b in such manner that the drippings from the ice or theWater placed in the ice-tank shall pass down through the same into andthrough the sediment-chamber and filter and thence to thecooling-chamber. This pipe may be provided with a suitable cock, asshown at b', for regulating or cutting oft the supply of water to thefilter and cooling chamber when desired.

In Fig. 3 a modification in the form of cooling-reservoir is shown, inWhich a coil is connected to the filter and Wound around in spiral formto form an icc-receptacle, the coil, if desired, being surrounded byWater, and the ice placed Within the receptacle formed by the coil, inwhich case the pipe for conducting the dripping or ice Water to the lteris connected directly to the bottom of the inclosing-case.

By this construction and arrangement of parts it will be seen that theWater is thoroughly cooled before passing` through the filter, and isagain cooled in passing to the outletcock, either by coming in contactwith the icetank or in passing through the coil, and that the Water isthoroughly cooled and filtered before reaching the outlet-cock.

This construction of filter and cooler is particularly applicable foruse on ships or cars, or in cities Where there are no Water-works.

Modifications in the form of the lter and sediment-chambers and ofthecooling cham- IOO ber or coil, and also the ice-tank, may be employedWithout departing from the spirit or intent of my invention.

Having now described my invention, I claiml. In a combined lter andcooler, an icetank or cooling-reservoir for holdingr the unltered Water,a cooling chamber or coil located Within or surrounding` the same, and afilter connected to the cooling-chamber and located outside the chamber,in combination with a pipe for conveying the water from the icetank tothe filter, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a combined ilter and cooler, an icetank or cooling-reservoir forholding the ice and unfiltered Water, and a cooling chamber or coil forreceiving and holding the filtered Water, in combination with a filterconnected to the chamber or coil, and a pipe for convey ing theunfiltered Water from the tank to the lower end of the filter,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a combined lter and cooler, anicetank or cooling-reservoir and alter and sediment-chamber, in combination with a cooling chamber or coilfor holding the filtered Water, connected'to and supplied from the icetank or cooling-reservoir, substantially as and for ilter, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

^ FRANK E. CADY.

Vitnesses:

CHAs. OBRIEN, C. I-I. SIIAPLEY.

